Curse

thoreau · Apr 13, 2008, 04:59 AM // 04:59

If I cast Protective Spirit:

Enchantment Spell. (5...19...23 seconds.) Incoming damage is reduced to 10% of target ally's maximum Health.

How do I tell when the spell is coming off? Do I just count off in my head? Will an icon flash when I have the person targeted?

thanks

Sakura Az · Apr 13, 2008, 05:06 AM // 05:06

count in your head. there will be no sign that it is wearing off untill it is totaly gone, and then the up arrow will go away unless they have another enchantment on them. so otherwords, just keep a mental tab on when you cast it and how long its been.

Kwan Xi · Apr 13, 2008, 05:28 AM // 05:28

If the Enchantment(s) are on you the default location where you can keep track of their status is on the Upper left hand corner of the screen. There is a small bar on the bottom each enchantment icon that goes down showing you how long you have left, and about 2 seconds before it drops the icon will start flashing.

However.... If you mean Enchantments on other people... yeah the only thing telling you that a ally (or enemy) is enchanted is that yellow arrow at the end of the bar.

Div · Apr 13, 2008, 06:42 AM // 06:42

You have to keep track. It's one of the few player skill elements left in the game.

Masseur · Apr 13, 2008, 07:28 AM // 07:28

enchants up at the top left of the screen blink before going off letting you know they are expiring. Just for example Healing Breeze, when it's about to expire it starts to blink.

Antithesis · Apr 13, 2008, 07:59 AM // 07:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masseur

enchants up at the top left of the screen blink before going off letting you know they are expiring. Just for example Healing Breeze, when it's about to expire it starts to blink.

Sarcasm? He's talking about enchantments cast on other players.

jonnieboi05 · Apr 13, 2008, 10:26 AM // 10:26

yup. all you can do is keep a mental tab, there's no other way. and as holy said, this is one of the few things that involve player skill that are left in the game.

~LeNa~

thoreau · Apr 13, 2008, 12:35 PM // 12:35

Thanks. Yes I was talking about if the Enchantment is cast on another player.

Sage Sanctus · Apr 13, 2008, 01:19 PM // 13:19

I agree entirely with Lena and Holy on this, you don't know unless you keep track in your head. Another good ways is say the skill had a 10 seconds recharge and lasts for 20 seconds, just watch the skill icon. Other than that you just need to keep a mental note on who and when you applied it on. The other obvious way, if no other enchantments are on that ally, is wait for the yellow arrow to dissappear. Hope I helped

Melody Cross · Apr 13, 2008, 07:20 PM // 19:20

There is another--immenintly easier yet oft overlooked--way to know when a spell is wearing off of another player. This handy trick can even tell you when a prot has been stripped, which prot and often by what:

http://www.ventrilo.com/

Questions of skill aside, a team that watches themselves as much as targetlocking onto the enemy (PvE or PvP) kites more under pressure, doesn't cast through hex and daze, is more apt to use wall-block tactics against projectiles properly and is in general more aware of the situation and game to which they are playing. This, on a whole, improves team performance.

I know thats not always possible to achieve. In fact, there are gametypes (RA being chief amoung them) that are specifically designed to dismiss such communication. My point is, if you've evolved enough to be counting your prots, you should (by this time in your gaming carreer) be SERIOUSLY considering moving to arenas (or teams if you are PvE only) where VOIP coms play a more critical role.

GGs

JoeKnowMo · Apr 13, 2008, 10:19 PM // 22:19

I use yTimer.

Xunlai Secret Agent · May 02, 2008, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Heh. And here I was, thinking I was being clever by coding basically the same thing by hand.

Good find, thanks.

EDIT: Nvm. That program is not designed for this type of usage. I might have to clean up my code and release it if there is a demand.

MasterSasori · May 02, 2008, 07:15 PM // 19:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by thoreau

If I cast Protective Spirit:

Enchantment Spell. (5...19...23 seconds.) Incoming damage is reduced to 10% of target ally's maximum Health.

How do I tell when the spell is coming off? Do I just count off in my head? Will an icon flash when I have the person targeted?

thanks

Just count. Prot Spirit is pretty long for enchant so its one that you can bypass unless target is under fire for more than ~20 seconds. If the target is, and unless there's an important reason not to, tell the moron to move his ass.

RedMorkai · May 13, 2008, 06:28 PM // 18:28

When you play with a similar set of skills for along time, you start to be able to just feel when the skill is wearing off, when it's about to finish recharging etc without even looking at it.

one thing to keep in mind is if you have ench +20% mod on your weapon, that will obviously increase your enchantment length so you can't count the exact number of seconds that a skill says it will recharge

then you add on if you have HCT and/or HSR 20% mods... these will throw off your counting alot because only happens 20% of the time etc .. so until you get fully used to it, go ahead and count, just work on feeling when it's gonna be up and you'll be fine

-Morkai

[Morkai] · May 16, 2008, 06:14 AM // 06:14

I just use the skill icon to time stuff.

Also, red, you stole my name >:[

Yichi · May 16, 2008, 07:05 PM // 19:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by thoreau

How do I tell when the spell is coming off?

The yellow arrow drops...

Age · May 16, 2008, 10:30 PM // 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yichi

The yellow arrow drops...

Yeah when the yellow arrow drop off the party window.